MBB Final: Louisiana 77, UTA 65

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The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team returns to action on Thursday when it travels to Arlington, Texas to face Sun Belt Conference rival UT Arlington in the nightcap of a doubleheader at College Park Center.

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[zephyr]

This road trip is huge. We're 5-0 in conference but 4 of our wins are against the last 4 place teams in conference. These next two games will tell us a lot about our chances to win the regular season championship this year.

[Just1More]

That's a fact. The next two contests are going to put the Cajuns to the test.

[angeleast]

for real or fraud test coming up.. Bobby big fish gotta prevail

[IberiaCajun]

That's a fact. The next two contests are going to put the Cajuns to the test.

The way this team has been preparing for this test I think they will be ready!

[IberiaCajun]

Looking forward to Frank scoring the 1000 point of his career.
• Frank Bartley is nine points from reaching the 1,000-point mark in his NCAA career. He scored 214 points in two years at BYU before scoring 777 since transferring to Louisiana.

[IberiaCajun]

Hope JaKeenan stays his consistent self (which only 1 other player in the nation can match!).
• JaKeenan Gant is one of two Division I players currently averaging 15.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and shooting over 60 percent from the floor joining Ajdin Peneva of Marshall.

[CajunDreDog]

Both games are on ESPN3.

[Grantvb]

Washington needs to bring the boss on the road.

[zephyr]

Both games are on ESPN3.

This is excellent news. I would much rather watch than only listen on radio. Its just too sad that CST can let you catch any Grand Canyon U game you want but we just can't watch the cajuns.

[MetryCajun]

Happy it is on TV. Two win this week would really generate some excitement.

[anhil8tor]

Unrelated.. but I have a technical question.

For some reason my ESPN3 App on my Samsung television doens't play sound. Its been like this for years. I can play it on the Ipad fine.. but not on my TV. I can't figure out what the problem is. Netflix, Amazon Prime, all other aps are fine.. but not ESPN3.

Anyone have any ideas?

[Cajunsmike]

Both games are on ESPN3.

Has Saturday's game been confirmed for ESPN3. I thought it was just tonight's game.

[Cajunsmike]

Happy it is on TV. Two win this week would really generate some excitement.

It would be a shame to lay an egg tonight. Seems like every time we do folks who only see the team occasionally assume it is like that every night and give no credit to the overall season. That being said, I expect our guys to prepare well and play hard. You just never know when a bad shooting night will come and that can change any game. Make no mistake, UTA has lots of talent. They have had some chemistry issues on the road but they have blown several people out at home and their last game at Ark State was a blowout. I recall we struggled there. A win tonight would be impressive.

[ZoomZoom]

It would be a shame to lay an egg tonight. Seems like every time we do folks who only see the team occasionally assume it is like that every night and give no credit to the overall season. That being said, I expect our guys to prepare well and play hard. You just never know when a bad shooting night will come and that can change any game. Make no mistake, UTA has lots of talent. They have had some chemistry issues on the road but they have blown several people out at home and their last game at Ark State was a blowout. I recall we struggled there. A win tonight would be impressive.

Given the travel issues and the points you've made, a win tonight would probably be the best performance of the year to date.